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KEEP innermost, strongest structure or central tower of a castle, the place that served as a last defense; in general used to mean the whole castle |
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LEECH a person who treated injuries and sometimes illness, sometimes combining this with the profession of barber; not a learned physician but a doctor of sorts |
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LEVY a calling up of men for war or other purposes, the men being those who were required to do military service to "hold" their lands |
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PROVENDER food, especially dried or preserved, like corn or salt meat and fish |
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REAVERS technically those who tear, split and cleave; thus, robbers who use great violence |
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SQUIRE a young man in training to be a knight; he attended upon a knight, exchanging personal service (combined valet, secretary, messenger, and bodyguard) in exchange for lessons in manners, fighting techniques and military tactics |
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TRENCHBUT a machine of war used for throwing stones; it could be mounted on ships or castle walls or carried |
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TUN a large barrel in which wine, ale or beer is stored |
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VASSAL a nobleman who held his lands on conditions of homage and allegiance, which included military service, from an overlord |
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Vassals might be very great lords who held many large estates from the king or could be minor knights who held one small estate from another nobleman. In any case |
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